/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>anyone going?
Yes.
>whatcha cosplayin?
Dipper Pines, 17th Century Jack Frost, Butterfree trainer

>how far is your commute to guelph?
A little over an hour.

>y'all down for a meetup?
Probably not as I am busy all weekend. Doing two panels, entering the masq, have a photoshoot planned for Sunday and a couple parties hosted by friends. Plus, I want to try to meet Rob Paulsen.

>anyone going?
Of course.

>whatcha cosplayin?
Shouma from Mawaru Penguindrum. I'll be in boystyle lolita for the Sunday, though.

>how far is your commute to guelph?
I rent a place there.

>y'all down for a meetup?
I would be.

>anyone going?
yes
>whatcha cosplayin?
Pippi Longstockings on Friday and Sunday, Haruhi Suzumiya on Saturday
>how far is your commute to guelph?
1 hour
>y'all down for a meetup?
sure? My second panel ends at 7 on friday so that works for me. saturday works too at the same time.

>anyone going?
why the fuck not
>whatcha cosplayin?
Tamako Kitashirakawa (if I finish my dress tonight), Black Widow, HIC (fuckin homestuck)
>how far is your commute to guelph?
30 minutes from my parents place, not that bad
>y'all down for a meetup?
Maybe on Friday?

>>6641858
>>anyone going?
Maybe

>>whatcha cosplayin?
Probably nothing. Thought about doing Naruto.

>>how far is your commute to guelph?
Like 25min

>>y'all down for a meetup?
No, I don't know you guys.

>>6644320
>cosplaying my waifu

I'm >>6644193. I will be keeping a look out for you and might say hi if I see you.

>anyone going?
Yes
>whatcha cosplayin?
Nothing.
>how far is your commute to guelph?
Home town so N/A
>y'all down for a meetup?
Yeah what time is okay for the others?

>anyone going?
all 3 days~
>whatcha cosplayin?
Rise, Chie and Demon Hunter (but only for a couple hours)

>how far is your commute to guelph?
45min i think?

>y'all down for a meetup?
the con is pretty much one big meetup because of it's size, hah.

>anyone going?
No
>whatcha cosplayin?
Nothing
>how far is your commute to guelph?
2far4me
>y'all down for a meetup?
I WOULD'VE BEEN

When's the /cgl/ meetup?

>>6644750
I mean, we all kinda know each other already. Is anyone new coming?

>anyone going?
Definitely!
>whatcha cosplayin?
I'll be cosplaying as Ib on Saturday, and wearing lolita on Friday and Sunday.
>how far is your commute to guelph?
I live in Guelph, so no commute for me
>y'all down for a meetup?
For sure!

>>6644751
I've never made it to a /cgl/ meetup before, but I'd be eager to come this year.

>>6644768
Cool. You should.

If you recognize any of us, you can just say hi.

>>6644751
Fili has been trying to get me to go so perhaps. I walk by them every con...

>>6644444
oh man, do it !!! I'll probs be in her Friday or Sunday or both.

>>6645115
Who's Fili?

>>6645635
Yo mama

>anyone going?
Yes. I'll be there in a few hours
>whatcha cosplayin?
Second Doctor, Bilbo Baggins, 7th Doctor
>how far is your commute to guelph?
20 minute drive
>y'all down for a meetup?
I rarely frequent this /cgl/ but I'd be down to meet some people.

Okay, is tomorrow (Saturday) at 7, at the bottom of the main stairwell okay for a meetup?

>>6644648
Looking forward to finally seeing DM!
>anyone going?
just the sat~
>whatcha cosplayin?
I got old school 80's rogue as I am lazy and that thing is hella comfy

>how far is your commute to guelph?
With the bus about an hour and a half

>y'all down for a meetup?
Always

>>6645635
I'm fili heh. the blonde from the November con

>>6645190
Okay! I think I just saw you earlier today, but I'll say hi when I see you again as Tamako.

>>6646473
>Okay, is tomorrow (Saturday) at 7, at the bottom of the main stairwell okay for a meetup?

works for me and Sean.

>>6646701
>I'm fili heh. the blonde from the November con

Unplugged?

I don't think we've met.

I've always wanted to go to this con, but I live a 4 hour commute from Guelph and most of my friends aren't up to spending that much on transit and hotel for a small-ish con (costs would be near twice as much of what we spend for AN). :c

>>6647258
I'll guess we'll finaly be able to meet.
In other news 7 is a good time for me as well

Daaaaay 2. Nice to meet and greet some of the trips last night. :)

>>6646473
I've never been at a /cgl/ meet up before (since I always seem to forget about them), but hopefully I'll be able to meet you guys this time.

I couldn't stay for speed dating because had to (try and fail to) catch my bus, but I've never seen such a sausage fest. There's always more dudes for those but it had to be 5:1 sausage-to-taco in the line.

The nice thing about small cons is how they kind of sneak up on the normals. The reaction to the Black Rock Shooter cosplayers at No Frills was funny. ("They're from that Chinese animation!")

What a kawaii morning

>>6647998
it's not even full size 0/10

we are meeting near the stairs

>>6648108
So the front of the delta, near the gaming room?

>>6647651
I ended up saying screw it. That line was way too big.

Neat meeting you all old and new. Hope you enjoyed your not indian food.
Also who wants a fish sticker I have one left

ConG was pretty fun. I'll post pics later when I'm less sick.

>>6647999
Don't talk shit about my husbundo

only 1 artisan and 1 masters award at the masque???

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>>6649563
Look at all that cosplay. No one cares about your circlejerk.

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>>6649572
useless

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>>6649578
didn't fucking rotate

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>>6649580
dat lyra

>>6649601
who's lyra?

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>>6649563
>Captain Hammer T-shirt

>>6650160
woah

>>6650160
8/10 would fuk

Awesome time this year, as always, and won an award in the Masq :) Pretty good weekend

One more year of ConG and it's over.

Just got home. It was pretty fun, though I didn't really go to any panels or events. The main hallway was crowded, and made worse by those fucking daleks. They were huge and went through every half hour, getting in the way and running over peoples feet. There couldn't have legitimately been a good reason for the whole con to stop so frequently to let them pass.
Otherwise, most of what was fun about the con was hanging out with the seagulls and getting photos such as pic related.

>>6650227
yeah I was a little sad about that

>>6650253
I'm pretty annoyed by the daleks too. I got shot a stream of air from one from behind without warning and what so ever and I was sitting on the side at one of the couches. WTF.

>>6650227
Wait, what's this? (why? I never heard of this... do tell?)

>>6650227
Wait what? Is it not coming back after next year?

>>6650253
Those. Fucking. Daleks.

>>6650269
They did look cool and I understand moving them for the purpose of like one or two panels, but it was pretty much ever 30min to an hour that they did the lap from one end to the other. Meanwhile the staff was yelling at everyone to gtfo. There were some part of the hallway that were so narrow, the big green one just barely got through, and I remember seeing it smash right into a woman's leg as she was sitting on the bench. If I were her, I'd have flipped my shit, but no, no one complained at any point and just let it happen.
I did voice my opinion about it at the closing ceremonies, so hopefully they don't let it happen next year.

>>6650276
The staff is over exhausted and don't want to do it anymore. Though they hinted that it may not be the permanent end to Con G

>>6650323
OHHH I know her big fan, big fan

>>6650253
Daleks should not be at any con except at any cons except Fan Expo or MTAC

Sage cause it's unrelated to Con-G and I'd rather not make a new thread for it, but is anyone planning on going to MTAC/Comicon?

Looking through my footage, I found video of the Dalek squishing that woman's leg. THIS is why they were pissing me off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEYKm3B9gkw&feature=youtu.be

>>6650439
I'll be going for a day probably

>>6650463
douchebag dalek

>>6650463
Holy crap. That's rather serious. I know they were also blocking off someone in a wheelchair at some point too. Urgh.

>>6650439
I think I'm passing on those; unless I'm there to be working/getting paid for it.

>>6650494
You know in general a lot of the Con-G staff was rather VERY edgey this year. Usually there isn't too much of a problem with standing around in a hallway but they kept tell us over and over again to stick to the walls even when there were no daleks... and yet we had a stupid fire hazard of a hall block over that Anime North raffle on Saturday night.

>>6650509
maybe that's why they are ending conG

>>6650358
SHHHH NO I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN ANON
>>6650323
Thanks for the photo!

>>6650463
>>6650494
Yeah, my reaction on seeing a giant, noisy, flashing object moving down a path would be, "I'll just assume it'll clear me," and going back to my laptop.

Should they have been cruising that path? No. Is it her own damn fault her leg got run over? At least 50%

>>6650509
I had to walk around outside to re-enter and get to registration during that raffle. The hotel didn't have enough open spaces for us.

>>6650323
Cool costume.

>>6650509
The hallway was the worst part, and completely unavoidable at that venue. There were two main panel rooms, the dealer's room, and artist alley all accessible from that hallway.

Which means people are always walking in and out to the same spot. Or just hanging out in that spot waiting for the next panel/event. Of course it's going to be crowded, that's basically where 95% of the convention was!

The only time it got really bad is when there was lines (speed dating, autographs). Lines don't work in a hallway that narrow.

>>6650675
This is why they needed a better venue. I wish they would have stuck with last years.

>>6650725
Last years was too small to hold all of us. There was almost 1500 attendees and this was the largest convention space available to them.

Instead of complaining about those daleks or that hallway, can we talk about some of the awesome cosplays that were there this year? Was there anything that made you guys say holy shit that is awesome?

>>6650911
I think there were a lot of Persona cosplayers this year... surprisingly Homestuck was less than expected

>>6651038
I ran into these two in an elevator.

>>6650911
There was a colonial Jack Frost witha glowing stick that was kind of neat looking but nothing really amazing at all this year

>>6651038
I'm guessing cause Guelph is a bit too far for most of the Homestuck cosplayers to come out for unless they live in the area (idk, alot of them look like high school age).

>>6651106
Thank God

>>6650911
this stocking was good

>>6651285
Yes, she seems really talented at clicking "buy" buttons.

>>6651291
how about some Tiger and Bunny?

>>6651291
Oh burn.

It's a shame the con has to end, but knowing the staff, it's probably the best decision they could have made. Con-G runs almost entirely on love and knuckle blood, and without those key, dedicated people able to give 100% it just wouldn't be the same.

For any of its problems, Con-G's been a really heartfelt project, and I'd hate to see it slowly peter out into a mess like some some other big cons. If Daleks and the Anime North Raffle are the worst complaints we can come up with, then Season 6 seems like a good time to end it, before real problems start cropping up.

The fact that half the audience at the closing ceremonies stayed to help tear down and rip up the green tape from Cosplay Chess off the floor is a pretty good indication of how loved the con is. You can't get that dedication at a lot of other shows.

>>6651368
Also, meeting trips was fucking lame. You all suck. Especially Todd. <3

Did anyone take pictures of anything aside from a corwded hallway and their friends?

>>6651380
You don't mean that.

>>6651368
So long story short, they're just done. That's too bad.

>>6651383
You don't like hallway shots?

>>6651384
I don't. Your ass was delectable.

And yeah. I can't help but feel a bit sad about it, especially since some awful conventions run *FOREVER* like Naru2U or DTAC simply because of money and stupidity, while good cons like this close up shop because they don't wanna ruin a good thing and there's just no way to continue. >_<

>>6651383
Hi Antonio. Maybe Tom has some pictures you'd like.

>>6651397
Was he even there?

>>6651398
Yeah but he kept hiding his ugly face from everyone after friday.

>>6651409
>after friday

Did something happen Friday?

>>6651414
He cosplayed and kept running away whenever trips were in the room. I think he realized who people were and didn't want to get beaten up.

oh man, con-g was SO fun. loved hanging out with all the seagulls again..

>>6651445
Come back to the nest, little bird. We miss you

>>6651445
:/

>>6651436
I don't think anyone would actually beat him up.

>>6651038
More Persona cosplayers need to replace Homestuck. Persona cosplayers have discipline at least with the only annoying thing possibly be that they reference Hiimdaisy too much.

>>6651039
A good Yosuke! Those are kinda rare.
>>6651106
Then we probably can expect good things from ConBravo with less Homestuck.

>>6650439
I'm working it both days at two different booths

Also, I'd like to say that I had a great weekend despite the annoyance of the daleks, the overly-crowded hallway, the fact that I only got about 10 people out to my first panel because it was during registration, and had projector problems with my second panel but it turned out okay in the end. I'll be dumping my pictures on here when they're ready. Sad that next year's the last year, I don't understand why they can't get more staff to take some of the load off? There may be something they're not telling us about why they're stopping.

>>6651718
I think it's really just what they said. One of them lives in Calgary now (and flies in to run the con), some are married and looking at kids/house/life, and some are moving elsewhere or getting busy with other projects.

More staff means more chefs in the soup, and Con-G's a very personal project, so I think they have misgivings about allowing for a crapshoot when it comes to new recruits. They've gone from 5-8 staffers in 5 years, so it's clear they're incredibly selective.

>>6651291
=D I actually made my cosplay but it's lovely to know that you think I bought it.

>>6651720
I still think it's worth getting other/more staff members if it means they can continue to run this con for the hundreds of fans that attend it. I don't think they realize how much it means to not only the attendees, but the local dealers and artists who don't have many other ways to sell their products. I'm glad they're not money hungry power tripping business people like hobbystar, but I wish they could find another way to keep it going instead of giving up because they're tired. Even if it means giving up some of their control to new staffers.

You know if Con-G does end up disappearing... the only real winter con we have left is Frostcon... Antonio might possibly be rubbing his hands as we speak.

>>6651827
well there is Gryphcon. It's a university convention for gaming, held a week after Con G. I'm not saying it's an alternative, but I wouldn't be surprised if it gets an influx of attendees once Con G ends.

http://www.gryphcon.org/news.php

>>6651856
oh, and the only thing I know about it is that it's also held in Guelph. Specifically the uni campus

>>6651761
go home caitlin, we all remember how much of a cunt you are

>>6651857
It's usually in Peter Clark Hall, which is basically the basement of the University Centre. It's all about gaming, no cosplay, no panels, no events. I don't think it would get a huge influx of new members with Con-G ending since it's already 25 years old. Maybe the awareness will be up, but they just do not offer the same experience.

>>6651827
I don't think it will disappear for good, but I do agree that the staff need to get their lives back before they can attempt another con. Con-G has been amazing to watch grow in these five years, and it will be missed by the local community. But they are people too and it's their choice.

>>6651368
Haha, you said the same thing I did about the people peeling tape from the floor. So cute.

Liked this costume a lot.

>>6651827
FROSTCON IS THE NEW WINTER CON
OHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT

I was only there for saturday, and couldn't stay for the dance. does someone know who won the masqerade?

>>6651940
don't even joke like that

>>6651940
Dude, I think there's enough fans out there who won't let that happen, even if Con-G exits. ;)

>>6651948
I think Zee won an award. Her costume was real good.

>>6651948
Code Geass group got Best in Show, Princess Mononoke group got Best Masters. I don't know who won the rest.

>>6651948
I know the Perona girl from one piece won best novice

>>6651994
who is zee?

>>6652015
it kind of seemed like every novice got some award. I heard the novice announcements go on for a while, and the other classes only got awards for best in class, and then the best in show

>>6651870
Nobody likes a creepy rapist who takes pictures of people and is named after a Star Wars character either

>>6651870
Well it would certainly impress me if you could say that to my face, but even if you aren't able to, I'm sure I'll be able to go on with my life. Con-G was tons of fun though!

>>6652053
Not everyone I don't think, a couple of the girls in the novice devision with me didn't but at least 7 or 8 did

>>6652082
whoops, division. Brain not turned on yet it seems.

>>6652072
Ackbar...

Ackson

lmao

>>6652049
Dats me. Thanks Todd.

>>6652053
There were a lot of novice awards, I wasn't expecting there to be that many! I don't think they were expecting many entries in divisions other than novice/journeyman so when they got more than one master and a bunch of artisans they were surprised. Still, happy I got one.

>>6651948
I won Best Artisan for my Jack Frost. Sadly I don't have any pics of it as of yet.
And the two Magna Carta girls who went on right after I did won Best Attention to Detail - Novice, which was really cool as they were so nervous about the whole thing, but they really did an amazing job on their costumes.

>>6652112
Your costume was awesome! I want to learn how to make those kinds of mascot heads someday. And i'm getting ready for a shot in the background haha

>>6652134
>Best Attention to Detail - Novice
Not dissin you or anything, but the sound of that award sounds like they didn't want to cause butthurt over people not winning anything. I like to think a few big, meaningful awards would generally help the cosplay community in general, rather than finding an award for anything they could think of. Sharks and piranhas up everyone's game.

>>6652157
Why would that "diss" me? It was not my award.
I'm just glad those two girls won something as they clearly spent a lot of time and effort on their costumes, and I personally think, and am glad, that they got some recognition for it.

Masquerades exist to reward hard work in cosplay, not as popularity contests. Novice awards tend to be numerous so as to encourage cosplayers with talent, rather than discourage them.

Also, it simultaneously makes the awards for Artisans and Masters more meaningful, as fewer of them exemplifies the quality required for those awards.

>>6651761
>lovely to know that you think I bought it.

So you like being compared to the mass produced chinese ebay shop shit? I believe you may have made parts of it, or swapped things out, but this reeks of ebay.

Anyone have any more pics? Maybe from the masq, or some of the panels or anything?
Stealth bump.

>>6652157
For the local masq judges, those awards with names are just their way of saying "best novice runnerup." It's for people in that category who didn't win the top award but the judges felt they were still worthy of an award. That's how it's been explained to me anyway.

>>6652770
I've got a few from the Hentai panel. It was pretty great, I had lots of fun.

>>6652783
rotate you piece of fuck

>>6652783
Huh, so girls do attend these things. I didn't go since i figured it'd be only guys as far as the eye can see

>>6652791
oh like you thought you would be the only girl?

>>6652783
That girls chin...her neck is swallowing her face.
For some reason, I always hope to be surprised if any attractive people attend hentai panels.
Nope.
Forever expected uggos.

>>6652788
> her

>>6652811
You talking about the girl all the way in the back?

>>6652848
naw, Ka**** in the front

>>6652770
Might as well.

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>>6652783
Best panel, should have been 3+ hours long.

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>>6652937
Upon further inspection, I should have taken pictures in places other than the hallway or dealer's room.

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>>6652973
There were a bunch of Persona 3 cosplayers too. Are there any good pictures of them?

>>6653037
Unfortunately I didn't catch them, sorry.

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>>6653057
Some guys were doing a mock battle outside.

I thought it was way too goddamn cold for that. To each his own.

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>>6653051
Sad to hear especially since it was rather big group too on Saturday and they even had an Aigis with them.

Con-g was pretty good. Tickets were a bit expensive.

The Video Ninja just uploaded his interview with Rob Paulsen.
http://youtu.be/LPtlWth2ntg

>>6653661
I'd like to know in what universe $35 for a weekend pass in a 5th year con is too expensive.

Bro, do you even con?

>>6653661
think of it this way; it's 1/3 the price of fan expo

bump for more pics

>>6653661
Pre-reg was $25 for the entire weekend from Oct-Nov of last year. And after that it was only $30. $35 was the at the door price and even that isn't much when you consider they have to pay for everything with that.
Consider that Anime North is $60, FanExpo ranges from $90-200+, and the shitty TAC's charge $10 to sit in a hallway and do nothing. I think $35 is pretty damn reasonable.

I gotta admit, people don't see so anal this time around in an Ontario cosplay thread after so many of them as of recent.

>>6655330
Uh.

Official Con-G masquerade video just went up. Part one, anyways.
http://youtu.be/jovx-jJEIxM

>>6652146
Thank-you! It was really hard to see and I ended up bumping into a lot of people if I didn't have a guide with me, so I would have made the mouth out of a different fabric if I could but overall I think it turned out well.

Yeah, the only thing Con-G lacked, now that I think about it, was photoshoot locations. There weren't a lot of large windowed areas except the space taken up by the Doctor Who lounge. Hopefully next year that space gets freed up.

>>6652770
Video Ninja is updating his channel with masq. videos, the first part is up now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovx-jJEIxM

I didn't take many photos but this little girl as MCBC was my favourite.

>>6656660
dropped pic

So I finally managed to find a pic of my Jack Frost cosplay in which I don't look exhausted or am being photobombed.

>>6655330
...What?

>>6655330
>I gotta admit, people don't see so anal this time around in an Ontario cosplay thread after so many of them as of recent.